Thank you to all of the writers who entered the WeScreenplay Shorts Contest. Your hard work, talent, and dedication to storytelling shines through in the entries we received. We're so honored to be entrusted with your work which is why every entry is read at least twice and we make all scores transparent to the writer. Reading everyone in the Quarter-Finalists was so exciting, but will also make it very difficult to narrow down.
This year we're advancing the top 38 entries to the Semis round for a 4th read. If your script is advancing it means that your first three judges agreed that this is an excellent screenplay that deserves to be produced – we can't wait to award our $10,000 production grant. Crafting a script that impacts multiple readers is a very impressive task, and we're so excited for these writers!
However, there are excellent scripts that didn't advance. Just because your script isn't on this list doesn't at all mean that our judges didn't enjoy the read – in fact, we're certain that certain scripts not advancing will bring their writer success in the very near future. Thank you for entering your script and always keep writing.
And now, the WeScreenplay Short Contest Semi-Finalists:
Ava Swanson is Dead written by Colin Korbelas |
Bailey Makes Three written by Chris Courtney Martin |
Before Dishonor written by Travis Opgenorth |
Black Doves written by Jonathan Machado |
Body Blows written by Colin Scott |
Borders of the Imagination written by Benjamin Friedman |
Conviction written by Anju Andre-Bergmann |
Cul An Ti (The Back Of The House) written by Emma Pyne |
Death & the Widow written by Gregory Fishwick |
Don't Let The Monster Out written by Josh A. Edgerton |
Emily written by Kristi Simkins |
Ewe Stew written by Dorothy Irwin |
Fade To Red written by Tom Radovich |
Feel No Evil written by Rebecca Benzell |
Final Determination written by Miranda Wilson |
Flop written by Nick Coleman |
Ghosts of Sable Valley written by John Broadhead |
Head in the Clouds written by Josh McDonald |
Holding On written by Alex Jones |
In The Silence written by Kristi Simkins |
Interference written by Robin Rose Singer |
Isle written by Lyndsay Doyle |
It It Happens Again I'll Kill You written by Lisa Jay |
It's… written by Nelson Torres |
Medicine Show Blues written by Jeffrey Howe |
My Stardust written by J. J. Hillard |
Red Line written by Salieu Lamin-Sidique |
Riverment written by Shayla Spann |
Season of Sacrifice written by Nicholas Jones |
Shopping written by David Gilbert |
The Caller written by Kristel Taylor |
The Fucking Tree written by Andrew Wood |
The Grim Story of Maus, Byrd, and When the Thing Got Wurst written by Thaddeus Awotunde |
The Illusion of Pain written by Carroll Brown |
The Light written by Alan Brooks |
The Secret Club written by Kelly Lamphear-Dash |
Thirteen Is Just A Number written by Sean Bode |
Twinkie written by Mary Westcott |